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Lenny Primak commented on MNG-7745: ----------------------------------- Easy. Run the following maven command *outside* of any maven project. The result will be the same: {code:java} mvn dependency:copy -Dartifact=org.postgresql:postgresql:LATEST:jar -Dproject.basedir=. -DoutputDirectory=xxx -DoverWrite=false {code} > NPE when .mvn doesn't exist > --------------------------- > > Key: MNG-7745 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7745 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 4.0.0-alpha-4, 4.0.0-alpha-5 > Environment: Any > Reporter: Lenny Primak > Assignee: Guillaume Nodet > Priority: Minor > > When maven is executed without a .mvn directory, an NPE appears every time. > This doesn't seem to affect anything but does pollute the logs: > {code:java} > Failed to notify spy org.apache.maven.ReactorReader$ReactorReaderSpy: Cannot > invoke "java.io.File.toPath()" because the return value of > "org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject.getFile()" is null {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)